The city council in Ashland — where it's been less than shocking to see a mostly nude person strolling in the sunshine (providing the strolling is not in a city park) — took the surprising step this week to adopt a citywide ban on public nudity.

And the ACLU isn't happy about it one little bit.

An Ashland City Council majority voted Tuesday
night to adopt a citywide ban on nudity despite an American Civil
Liberties Union threat to sue over the ban.

Councilors
Greg Lemhouse, Russ Silbiger, David Chapman and Kate Jackson voted for
the city-wide ban, while Councilors Eric Navickas and Carol Voisin
voted against the move.

Ashland already bans the display of genitals downtown and in parks.

On
Thursday, Mayor John Stromberg and the City Council received a letter
from the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon asking the council to
reconsider its plan to adopt a citywide ban on nudity.

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